Exam 2 Flashcards
3 components of motivation
- Direction of effort
- Intensity of effort
- Persistence of effort
Engagement
intensity and persistence of effort
Only about 30% of employees are engaged.
Intrinsic motivators
Task performance itself is rewarding: Enjoyment, accomplishment, gain knowledge, skill development,
Extrinsic motivators
Task performance provides external rewards: Pay, promotions, benefits, praise, job security, free time
importance of money
Represents Achievement, respect and freedom
3 components of expectancy theory
- Expectancy: if I exert effort, will I perform well?
- Instrumentality: If I perform well, will I receive outcomes?
- Valence: will the outcomes be satisfactory?
Corps can influence expectancy theory through
- Supportive leadership
- Access to resources
- Self-Efficacy (improving employee’s confidence)
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Physiological, safety and security, belongingness
Alderfer’s ERG theory
Existence, Relatedness, Growth
McClelland’s Acquired Needs theory
Achievement, power, affiliation
Motivation formula
Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence
Motivation is zero if any component is zero
Effective Goals are:
Specific and Difficult. Effective goals maximize Intensity and persistence
Feedback in regard to goal setting
progress updates on goals
Task complexity in regard to goal setting
specific/difficult goals are 2x as strong on simple tasks than complex tasks
Goal commitment relation to task performance
direct relationship
Strategies for fostering goal commitment
- Rewards
- Publicity (publicize goal to create social pressure)
- Support
- Participation (collab on setting goals)
- Resources (needed to attain goals)
Equity theory
employees remember the outcomes they get for their job inputs, relative to some comparison other (something you can compare yourself to).
Equity formula
your outcomes/your inputs = other’s outcomes/other’s inputs
Underrewarded Inequity
Your outcomes/your inputs < Other’s outcomes/other’s inputs
Overrewarded inequity
Your outcomes/your inputs > Other’s outcomes/others inputs
Types of comparison others
- Job Equity (same job same company)
- Company equity (same company, diff job)
- Occupational equity (same job, diff company)
- Educational Equity (same education)
- Age equity (same age)
Responses to inequity
- Alter outcomes (grow/shrink)
- Alter inputs (grow/shrink)
- Alter Comparison other’s inputs
- Change comparison other
- Rationalization
- Leave the situation
Personality types of equity theory
- sensitives
- Entitleds
- Benevolents
Four beliefs of psychological empowerment
- Meaningfulness (personal impact)
- Self-determination
- competence
- impact